A
few Christmas's ago Katie (my beautiful wife) bought me Tony Gonzalez's bookThe All-Pro Diet.
Tony Gonzalez, Pro NFL football player since 1997, eats a strictly vegan diet
and is in impeccable shape (see for yourself), frequently contributing to his
football teams. I enjoyed his book, which contained recipes, workout routines
and some other life tips (which I enjoyed the least, probably as they were a
bit trite), but couldn't help but immediately notice the extravagant and pricey
food items in his recipes. And I wondered if his decision to go vegan had
something to do with some of these items (vegan approved food items can be more expensive - but not always. I have found some gems...including Monday's upcoming Sloppy Joe recipe).

I
think I would like to go vegan. But I haven’t. I do eat a mostly vegetarian
diet, but I am a long way from being a vegan (I eat free range chickens humanely raised
without drugs, and the eggs they produce. And I love honey in my oatmeal.). I think it’s partially due to the
cost of going vegan. It’s a bit easier for guys like Tony Gonzalez and Arian
Foster to float that kind of grocery bill…but not so much for others of us. But
I wonder if there are other, subterranean reasons I haven’t gone vegan. Maybe
I’m lazy. Perhaps I don’t really trust that eliminating meat altogether from my
diet is the best thing. Who knows?

What
about you? Are you vegan? Would you like to go vegan? Why or why not?

3 comments:

Vegan is something that I think could be incredibly amazing for my diet, but it's a huge stretch right now. I love meat. Love it, love it, love it. I grew up eating a regular meat and potatoes diet, which is why I think I like it so much. Now? I try to increase my portion of veggies and decrease my portion of meat to balance it out, but I'm not ready to give up that meat fully.

Completing my first full week of being vegan. I have to say - it's not that much different in eating. Oats instead of eggs (Ryan - try using pure organic syrup in your oatmeal or raw agave - delightful!), almond milk instead of regular milk and lots of fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch and wonderful produce from our CSA for dinner. I have started to find loads of recipes for tacos, hearty root vegetables on the grill, sweet potatoes and salsa/salad mixes that are utterly delightful. So good and NOT expensive (actually, I am more convinced than ever if you spend time making it yourself, rather than buy packaged vegan or organic options, it is actually a more cost-effective way to eat!) My vegan lifestyle will continue until the 21st...after that, I probably won't continue at 100%, but it has impacted my perception and eating habits for sure!

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I live in Minnesota with my beautiful wife and 4 children. About six years ago we completely overhauled the way we ate...for both health and humanitarian reasons. But since we operate on a single salary income, it had to be cheap and easy! This is my story.